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NYSBA | Prosecuting and Defending Medical Malpractice 2007 = 15

Prosecuting and Defending Medical Malpractice 2007

Non-Member Price:	$235.00
Member Price:	$150.00

Stock Status:	In Stock
Product Code:	80276

Product Description

This practical seminar provides an overview of the key issues in medical malpractice litigation through a combination of lectures and practical demonstrations. Learn how to determine the relevant standard of care, how to prepare your case, how to avoid common pitfalls and how to examine expert witnesses.

Faculty members examine critical skills involved in analyzing medical records, fact gathering, defense strategies, finding and making effective use of experts, proving the standard of care and preparation and cross-examining physician defendants and experts.

Panelists take you step-by-step through the trial and offer invaluable insight on pre-suit activities, discovery, jury selection and judgment calculation. Opening statements, motions during trial, closing arguments and trial strategies involved in medical malpractice cases are also discussed.

Program Contents

· Preparation of the Case

· Plaintiff’s Discovery

· Defendant’s Discovery

· Judicial Perspective

· Jury Selection

· Cross-Examination of the Medical Expert

· Trial Strategies and Techniques

Program Speakers

Andrew S. Kaufman, Esq. (Chair)
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP
— New York City

Hon. Eileen Bransten
New York State Supreme Court
New York County
—New York City

George J. Kehayas, Esq.
Garbarini & Scher, P.C.
—New York City

Peter C. Kopff, Esq.
Kopff, Nardelli & Dopf LLP
—New York City

Stephen H. Mackauf, Esq.
Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf
—New York City

Stephen W. O’Leary, Jr., Esq.
Kanterman O’Leary & Soscia, LLP
—Jamaica

Paul Simonson, Esq.
Simonson Hess & Leibowitz, P.C.
—New York City

Total MCLE Credits...... 7.0

Ethics MCLE Credits..... 0.0

* Each additional person who uses the tapes for MCLE credit must purchase a copy of the “MCLE coursebook.”